Just as Joepan wanted to grant Murphy eternal silence by sucking his blood dry and severing his strength, so too did the elite brute of the Wolf Poison Clan not perish in the dark night, even after being repeatedly bombarded by over a dozen bombs and being reduced to mush by the arrows of witch hunters.
His body was burned to a black char, but as the bloody cracks gushed out beneath the charred skin, he could still hear Joepan's weak moans and vicious curses amidst the hair-raising sounds.
Physical demon removal techniques are hardly effective against vampires.
In most cases, they can only inflict pain, and when the quantity of harm cannot be turned to ashes, they have to resort to "traditional crafts" to solve the problem.
"Give him eternal silence! Quick!"
Lady Adel, who had a quarter of her blood drained by Joepan, was now tottering on the brink of collapse. She was placed under a tree by Murphy but still held onto his wrist to remind him:
